Presentation on Mobile Portfolios.

1. Hands-on
mPortfolio
Development with
iOS devices
(iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad)
University of Alaska Anchorage (retired)
Seattle Pacific University (adjunct)
Dr. Helen Barrett
New England College (adjunct) electronicportfolios.org
International Researcher & Consultant Twitter: @eportfolios
Founder, REAL ePortfolio Academy Slideshare.net/eportfolios

2. Resources
• http://slideshare.net/eportfolios/
(these slides)
• https://sites.google.com/site/mportfolios/
(resources & links)
• http://electronicportfolios.org/
(further information)
• Twitter hashtag: #mportfolios

3. Workshop Objectives: You will…
• be introduced to developmental levels of ePortfolio
development:
– Level 1. portfolio as storage (collection of artifacts)
– Level 2. portfolio as workspace (collection plus
reflection/metacognition, organized chronologically)
– Level 3. portfolio as showcase (selection, summative
reflection and presentation, organized thematically--by
outcomes/goals/standards)
• see how mobile devices can be used at different levels:
– Level 1. Create and upload text, images, audio, video
– Level 2. Use blogging apps for reflection and feedback
(formative assessment)
– Level 3. Edit online portfolio for showcase/summative
assessment

4. Key Concepts in Workshop
• Context & Definitions (What?)
• Purpose (Why?)
– Reflection
– Identity Development
– Online Branding
• Mobile Apps (How?)
• Digital Storytelling
• Q&A

5. Model the process in
this workshop
Use one of the downloaded apps
on your mobile device throughout
the workshop to
reflect & take notes
Twitter hashtag:
#mportfolios

6. Context
Why
Electronic Portfolios Now?

7. National Educational
Technology Plan
(2010)
• Technology also gives students opportunities for taking
ownership of their learning. Student-managed electronic
learning portfolios can be part of a persistent learning
record and help students develop the self-awareness
required to set their own learning goals, express their
own views of their strengths, weaknesses, and
achievements, and take responsibility for them. Educators
can use them to gauge students’ development, and they
also can be shared with peers, parents, and others who are
part of students’ extended network. (p.12)

8. WHAT ARE INTERACTIVE PORTFOLIOS?
Portfolios using Web 2.0 tools to:
• reflect on learning in multiple formats
• showcase work online to multiple audiences
• dialogue about learning artifacts/reflections
• provide feedback to improve learning

9. Balanced?
Student-Centered School-Centered
• Focus on Interests, • Focus on Standards,
Passions, Goals Outcomes
• Choice and Voice • Accountability,
Reflection Achievement
• Lifelong Learning • Term, Graduation

10. Golden Circle
What?
How?
Why?
10

11. WHAT?

12. Specialty Case Responsibilities
Portfolio
Workspace
Showcase
One Word,
Many Meanings
Art Work Investments
Collection of Artifacts

13. Who was the
first famous
“folio” keeper?
DEFINITIONS

14. Leonardo da Vinci’s Folio

15. What is a Portfolio?
• Dictionary definition:
a flat, portable case
for carrying loose
papers, drawings, etc.
• Financial portfolio: document
accumulation of fiscal capital
• Educational portfolio: document
development of human capital

16. What is a Portfolio in Education?
A portfolio is a purposeful collection
of [academic] work that exhibits
the learner’s efforts, progress and
achievements in one or more
areas
[over time].
(Northwest Evaluation Association, 1990)

17. +Electronic
• digital artifacts organized online
combining various media
(audio/video/text/images)

18. Lifelong Context for ePortfolios

19. Social networks
• last five years
–store documents and share
experiences,
–showcase accomplishments,
–communicate and collaborate
– facilitate employment searches

20. Boundaries Blurring
(between e-portfolios & social networks)
• Structured
Accountability
Systems? or…
• Lifelong interactive portfolios
Picasa
Facebook
blogs
Mash-ups Flickr
YouTube
wikis Ning
Twitter

21. Process/Product
 ePortfoliois both process and product”
Process: A series of events
(time and effort) to produce a result
- From Old French proces
Journey
Product: the outcome/results or
“thinginess” of an activity/process
Destination
 Wiktionary

22. Processes
Social
Portfolio Networking Technology
Collection Connect Archiving
(“Friending”)
Selection Linking/Thinking
Listen
Reflection (Reading) Digital Storytelling
Direction/Goals Respond
Collaborating
(Commenting)
Presentation
Share
Publishing
Feedback (linking/tagging)
22

23. Discuss!
What are the
Engagement
Factors in Social
networks?
How can we
build those
factors into
ePortfolios?

24. E-Portfolio Components
< Multiple Portfolios for
Multiple Purposes
-Celebrating Learning
-Personal Planning
-Transition/entry to courses
-Employment applications
-Accountability/Assessment
< Multiple Tools to Support
Processes
-Capturing & storing evidence
-Reflecting
-Giving & receiving feedback
-Planning & setting goals
-Collaborating
-Presenting to an audience
< Digital Repository
(Becta, 2007; JISC, 2008)

25. Self-Regulated Learning
Abrami, P., et. al. (2008), Encouraging self-regulated learning through electronic portfolios. Canadian Journal of Learning
and Technology, V34(3) Fall 2008. http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/viewArticle/507/238
blog
website

26. WHY?

27. Multiple Purposes
from Hidden Assumptions
What are yours?
• Showcase • Assessment • Learning
•
http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/eMagArchive/RSCeMag2008/choosing%20an%20eportfolio/cool-cartoon-
346082.png

28. Purpose
• The overarching purpose
of portfolios is to create a
sense of personal
ownership over one’s
accomplishments,
because ownership
engenders feelings of
pride, responsibility, and
dedication. (p.10)
• Paris, S & Ayres, L. (1994) Becoming Reflective
Students and Teachers. American Psychological
Association

29. Deep Learning
• involves reflection,
• is developmental,
• is integrative,
• is self-directive, and
• is lifelong
Cambridge (2004)

30. “metacognition lies at the root
of all learning”
“…self-knowledge, awareness of how and why
we think as we do, and the ability to adapt and
learn, are critical to our survival as
individuals…”
- James Zull (2011) From Brain to Mind: Using Neuroscience to
Guide Change in Education

31. “Know Thyself”
Temple at Delphi

32. Managing Oneself
Peter Drucker, (2005) Harvard Business Review
• “Success in the knowledge • What are my strengths?
economy comes to those • How do I perform?
who know themselves – • What are my values?
their strengths, their
values, and how best they • Where do I belong?
perform.” • What should I contribute?
• Purpose: Use ePortfolios for • Responsibility for
managing knowledge Relationships
workers' career • The Second Half of your
development Life

33. Experiential Learning Model
Lewin/Kolb with adaptations by Moon and Zull
Practice
Have an experience
Try out what you
have learned Reflect on the experience
Metacognition
Learn from the experience

34. Google Docs
• Open Google Docs
Documents using Google
App/Safari
• Start a document
exploring your vision for
ePortfolio development
• (No collaboration in
docs.google.com/m/)

35. HOW?

36. Balancing the Two Faces of
E-Portfolios
Working Portfolio Presentation Portfolio(s)
Digital Archive The “Story” or Narrative
(Repository of Artifacts) Multiple Views
Collaboration Space (public/private)
Reflective Journal Varied Audiences &
Purposes
Portfolio as Process Portfolio as Product
Workspace Showcase

38. Structure of E-Portfolio Types
• Portfolio as Process/ • Portfolio as Product/
Workspace Showcase
– Organization: – Organization:
Chronological – Thematic – Documenting
Documenting growth over achievement of Standards, Goals
time for both internal and or Learning Outcomes for
external audiences primarily external audiences
– Primary Purpose: – Primary Purpose:
Learning or Reflection Accountability or Employment or
Showcase
blog website
– Reflection: immediate – Reflection: retrospective
focus on artifact or learning focus on Standards, Goals or
experience Learning Outcomes (Themes)

39. Level 1 Workspace:
Collection in the Cloud

40. Level 2 Workspace: Learning/Reflection

41. Showcase
Level 3: Primary Purpose: Showcase/Accountability

42. Portfolios can help learners
find their Voice…
and explore their
Purpose and Passions
through Choice!

43. Expressive vs.
Structured Models

44. 2011 Horizon Report – K-12
Time-to-adoption:
• One Year or Less
– Cloud Computing
– Mobiles
• Two to Three Years
– Game-Based Learning
– Open Content
• Four to Five Years
– Learning Analytics
– Personal Learning
Environments
New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/

46. Mobile Touch:
A Guide to Implementing Mobile E-learning in Your Organisation

48. Capture the Moment with Mobile Phones
• SMS messages • Camera
– Twitter posts – Still
– Facebook updates – video

49. Why Mobile is a Must
• Kids today are captivated by the personalization and
socialization of online tools--the ability to build large
networks of friends; share their thoughts, feelings, and goals;
and communicate as they wish. …And not only is it possible,
it's possible anytime and anywhere, via a plethora of devices
and widely available cellular and WiFi networks.
• The upshot is, these digital natives now have in their hands
the tools to shape their own education in once unimagined
ways. They have the ability to interact with other learners at
their convenience, with differences in time and place
presenting no hurdle. They can research, on the spot, any
topic of interest. And they can capture the moment, whether
it's in a picture, a video, or a blog entry.
• -- Mary McCaffrey “Why Mobile is a Must” T.H.E. Journal
http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/02/08/why-mobile-is-a-must.aspx

50. Posted on ePortfolio Conversations
Google Group:
• Question: How to collect evidence of
informal learning rather than formal
education.
• Response: "Start with SMS [on mobile
phones] - it’s the morse code
of the present
generation...
and it works.”

51. What functions can be achieved with mobile
phones for each of these processes?
• Capturing & storing evidence - this evidence of learning can be in
the form of text, images, audio or video
• Reflecting - “the heart and soul of a portfolio” - this reflection could
be captured in real time in different formats: writing, voice capture
(and voice-to-text conversion), video capture and digital stories
• Giving & receiving feedback - one of the most effective uses of a
portfolio is to review a learner’s work and providing feedback for
improvement
• Planning & setting goals - a very important part of the portfolio
process is personal development planning and setting goals for
achievement
• Collaborating - learning is a social activity - technology provides
new forms of collaboration
• Presenting to an audience - at specific points in the learning
process, a learner may put together a presentation of their learning
outcomes for an audience, either real or virtual

52. October 11, 2010
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cell-phones-in-class-20101011,0,1580981.sto

53. Mobile Web is becoming the
Personal Learning Environment
of the “Net Generation”
Learning that is…
oSocial and Participatory
oLifelong and Life Wide
oIncreasingly Self-Directed
oMotivating and Engaging
o… and Online all the time!

54. With iOS
(iPod Touch,
iPhone, iPad)
Text
Images
Audio
CAPTURE THE
Video MOMENT

56. Speak-to-Tweet
• SayNow.co
m bought
by Google,
January 25,
2011

57. Twitter
micro-blogging
“tiny bursts of learning”

58. EDMODO.COM
a private social network for education
• Set up groups with students:
• Has apps for iOS and Android
• Use like Twitter (add tags)
• Looks like Facebook

59. Integrate file storage
with computer and
website
Hyperlink to files in
Public folder!

60. Dropbox Apps
PlainText PhotoSync DropVox
• Creates plain  Uploads • Records audio
text file (.txt) pictures to a (.m4a) and
and saves variety of sends it
directly to
websites, includi directly to
Dropbox
account. Can
ng your Dropbox
create folders. Facebook, Flickr account
, Dropbox.

61. Dragon Dictation
• Voice recognition
• Share in many ways

62. Microsoft OneNote iPhone App
Free!

63. MobileNoteriPhone&iPad Apps
syncs with OneNote
Free!

64. JotNot Scanner Pro ($.99)
• Scan Multi-
page
• Send the image
documents
directly via email • Remove
or upload it to
cloud storage Shadows &
services including Noise
Evernote, Box.net,
Dropbox, or • Save as PDF
Google Docs. (not • Email, Fax and
with free version)
Share your
Scans

65. AudioBoo.fm
• a mobile & web
platform that
effortlessly allows
you to record and
upload audio for
your friends, family
or the rest of the
world to hear.
• Also Google Voice

66. Reflection with WordPress App

67. Post to from Mobile
Phones
• Send email to pre-arranged email
address
• Use BlogPressiOS app ($2.99)
• Set up Blogger Mobile and
send SMS

68. Blogging* by eMail
*the act of sharing yourself
Tumblr Posterous
• Set up account on website • Just email to
• Send email to: post@posterous.com
myaccount.tumblr.com • iPhone App
• iPhone App • Cross-post to Facebook&
• Call in your posts for audio Twitter
post to blog
• Cross-post to Facebook&
Twitter

69. Evernote
One Account, Many Devices
• Capture Anything
• Access Anywhere
• Find Things Fast
• Capture something in one
place -- access it from another
• Web page access
Emailing your memories
Email notes, snapshots, and audio directly into your account.
Emailed notes will go directly into your default notebook.

70. Evernote
• All in one recording/saving to
Evernote Account (email address)
• Grades 3-5, Trillium Charter
School, Portland (see my blog)
iPod Touch4 $239 &
Lexmark Pinnacle Pro901 $199

71. Case Study: Grades 3-5
Trillium Charter School, Portland, OR
http://blog.helenbarrett.org/2011/06/evernote-for-intermediate-portfolios.html
iPod Touch 4

72. Hands-On
Explore a few
tools to
address your
portfolio
purpose &
process

73. Mobile Phone Apps
for ePortfolios
U.K. Metacognitives
Mahara
PortfolioUP
(more tools under
development in
U Minnesota Duluth OSPI N.Z)

74. iPhone App for PebblePad (U.K.)

75. More PebblePad Screens

76. Presenting to an Audience
Mobile Phones Smart Phones
• NO (presentations require • Some apps are available to
special tools) create presentations and
project with appropriate
cable to projector (iPad)

77. MicroVision SHOWWX+ Laser Pico
Projector For iPod, iPhone&iPad
$399 – Amazon.com
http://www.microvision.com/showwx/

78. Learning is a Conversation!
E-portfolios should be
more Conversation
than Presentation
Because Conversation transforms!

79. Help students find
their Purpose and Passion
through Reflection &
Goal-Setting in
E-Portfolio Development

80. Digital Tools
for Reflection
Reflective Journal
(Blog)
Digital Storytelling
and Engagement

81. Do Your e-Portfolios have
CHOICE and VOICE?
• Individual
Identity
• Reflection
• Meaning Making
• 21st Century Literacy
• Digital Story of Deep Learning

82. Voice
6+1 Trait® Definition
Voice is the writer coming through the
words, the sense that a real person is
speaking to us and cares about the
message. It is the heart and soul of the
writing, the magic, the wit, the
feeling, the life and breath. When the
writer is engaged personally with the
topic, he/she imparts a personal tone and
flavor to the piece that is unmistakably
his/hers alone. And it is that individual
something–different from the mark of all
other writers–that we call Voice.
http://educationnorthwest.org/resource/503#Voice

83. Portfolio as Story
"A portfolio tells a story.
It is the story of knowing. Knowing
about things... Knowing oneself...
Knowing an audience... Portfolios are
students' own stories of what they
know, why they believe they know
it, and why others should be of the
same opinion.”
(Paulson & Paulson, 1991, p.2)

84. Roger Schank, Tell Me a Story
“Telling stories and listening to other
people's stories shape the memories
we have of our experiences.”
Stories help us organize our experience
and define our sense of ourselves.

85. Digital Storytelling Process
• Create a 2-to-4 minute digital video clip
– First person narrative
[begins with a written script ~ 400 words]
– Told in their own voice [record script]
– Illustrated (mostly) by still images
– Music track to add emotional tone

86. Video Editing on iOS
iMovie $4.99
ReelDirector $3.99
Splice $1.99 Free

87. Lucy the Cat
(created with StoryRobe)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E1VpczjEaU

88. A Reminder…
Reflection & Relationships
… the “Heart and Soul” of an e-
portfolio…
NOT the Technology!
88

89. Reflect
What are your “AHA”
moments in this
workshop?
What do you want to
explore further?
What are your next
steps?
Tag: Feedback or Goals

90. *Reflection REAL*
Engagement ePortfolio
Assessment for Academy
for K-12
Learning Teachers

91. Dual Skill Development
Portfolio Skills
Students Teacher/Faculty/Ment
• Collecting/ or
Digitizing • Pedagogy –
Facilitate portfolio
• Selecting/ processes
Organizing • Role of Reflection
• Reflecting • Assessment/
• Goal-Setting Feedback
• Presenting • Model own Portfolio
Learning
+ Technology Skills

92. Initial Online Courses Planned
1. Overview of Student-Centered Electronic Portfolios in K-
12 Education (tool-neutral – focus on “Portfolio”
Reflection Process & Feedback)
2. Supplemental courses:
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Google Apps (Docs, Sites, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa, Digication,
Teacher Dashboard) (Focus on “Electronic”)
– Implement Electronic Portfolios with K-12 Students using
Mobile Devices (iOS, Android)
– Create Your Professional Portfolio (tool neutral)
3. Add Voice to ePortfolios with Digital Storytelling

93. My Final Wish…
• dynamic celebrations
• stories of deep learning
• across the lifespan

94. DR. HELEN BARRETT
@EPORTFOLIOS
Researcher & Consultant
Electronic Portfolios & Digital Storytelling for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
Founder, REAL*ePortfolio Academy for K-12 Teachers
*Reflection, Engagement, Assessment for Learning
eportfolios@gmail.com
http://electronicportfolios.org/
http://slideshare.net/eportfolios